01x01 - Pilot

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "American Gigolo." Aired: September 9, 2022 - current.*
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Exonerated after 15 years in prison for a m*rder he didn't commit, former gigolo Julian Kaye faces the challenge of picking up the pieces as the detective who put him behind bars tries to unravel the mystery that led to his incarceration.
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01x01 - Pilot

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How you holding up?

You hungry?

Want anything to eat?
A soda? Gum? Anything?

- No, thank you.
- You sure?

- I'm sure.
- Okay.

So, Janet Holmes...

She was a longtime client?

- No.
- No.

I don't imagine you get a lot of
beautiful women like that.

I mean,
it's more ladies my age, right?

You got me thinking,
maybe you knew her

a little more
than you're saying.

You know, maybe she was
your girlfriend, Julian?

Is that it?

- No. Mm-mm.
- No.

Okay, so,
you remember the drive there.

You remember going up
into the bedroom.

You remember all that, but...

slashing her throat open
and letting her bleed out,

that part escapes you, right?

No, I...
I can't remember.

"I don't remember."

That bullshit isn't gonna fly.

What are you gonna be,
sitting on the stand saying,

"I can't remember how
my prints got on the Kn*fe?"

I don't... I didn't...

"I can't remember how
her blood got all over me."

I don't... I...

You know
what I remember, Julian?

I don't, I don't know
what you want...

I don't know
what you want me to say.

Do you know what I remember?

I remember you
waving a bloody Kn*fe around.

That's what I remember.

And I bet Janet Holmes,
if she wasn't dead,

she'd remember
the same f*cking thing.

Wouldn't she, Julian?

I...

I'm just really, really scared.

I'm sorry about that.

It seems to me you got, like,
two ways out, Julian.

Listen, listen to
what I'm saying to you.

You play this
"I don't remember" sh*t,

you go down for life.

You confess, you work with us,
25 years, max.

- Oh, God.
- Okay?

I don't remember!

I don't remember!

I keep saying that to you.
I keep saying that to you.

Intense music

Color me your color, baby

Color me your car

Color me your color, darling

I know who you are

Come up off your color chart

I know where you're coming from

- Call me, on the line
- Call me

Call me, call me any, anytime

- Call me, I'll arrive
- Call me

You can call me any day
or night, call me

Bye.

Cover me with kisses, baby

Cover me with love

Roll me in designer sheets

I'll never get enough

Emotions come, I don't know why

Cover up love's alibi

- Call me, on the line
- Call me

Call me, call me any, anytime

- Call me, I'll arrive
- Call me

Call me, call me
for some overtime

- Call me, on the line
- Call me

Call me, call me
in a sweet design

- Call me
- Call me

Call me for your lover's,
lover's alibi

- Call me, on the line
- Call me

Call me, call me any, anytime

Call me

contemplative music

Everybody good? We good to go?

- Yes.
- Let's do it.

Chow time!

- What up, J?
- Hey! You finish that book?

- Not yet.
- Man, I'm telling you,

don't sleep on that ending.

It's gonna get you.
Enjoy the day.

All right.

Stay off the grid, all right.

Look at you, man.
Only one potato, right?

Always one potato.

Here you go. Enjoy.

Yo, man. Good to see you.
Enjoy the day, okay?

Get me some potatoes.

Potatoes.

Enjoy.

What's going on, T?
You been good?

Let's go. Move, move!

- Watch out. Watch out.
- Game.

f*ck!

People say you can help me.

Is that what they say, huh?

- I can't take it, man.
- Okay.

He uses me every night.

You got money?

No.

You down to fight him?

No.

Get me away from him.
I'll do anything.

What do they call you, kid?

Drew.

What're you in for, Drew?

Stole a car.

Oh, I don't think
you stole a car, Drew.

Hmm?

Come on.

Better get back to him.

Hey, yo, J, let's hoop!

I'm in.

Hey, kid?

You know, if you...

if you just give him
what he wants,

he can't take it from you.

Inmate BHG4428
to the warden's office.

Ominous music

BHG4428 to the warden's office.

Got to run, fellas.

- Looks like I got a date.
- Come on, bro.

Go get 'em.

No, no, no, no, no.

Police! Open up! Open the door.

- No!
- Hey! Freeze!

Show me your hands, buddy.
Show me your hands!

Stay down! Stay down!

You remember me?

Yeah.

What name you going by now?

Julian Kaye or John Henderson?

They call me Julian, ma'am.

Come on in, Julian.
Have a seat.

Okay.

So, on the drive out here,

I kept thinking about
that night.

Your night, you know?

That poor dead woman.

You, covered in her blood,

crying in the back seat
of my police car?

But tell me, Julian.

You still don't remember
anything

about hurting that woman,
do you?

- No, ma'am.
- No.

If I didn't tell you to confess,

do you think
you would've done it?

I'm sorry, I just...

I don't see...

I don't see how
that really matters anymore.

It matters to me.

You know this assh*le?

- No, ma'am.
- Kevin Finnegan.

Piece of sh*t.
k*ller for hire.

He's got pancreatic cancer,
went to his brain.

I'm completely rooting
for the cancer.

Okay, what is this about?

Well, he's on his deathbed,
and he gets religion.

And he decides to confess
to a string of murders.

And the last one
he confessed to...

was Janet Holmes.

Your Janet Holmes.

He's got
some interesting details.

He says he showed up.
Planned to k*ll the girl.

Saw a guy on the bed,
passed out.

Slit her throat with him
sleeping right next to her.

You know, that really kicked
around the office pretty quick,

and a young PD decided
he was gonna

put a DNA test through,
and guess what?

Results came back conclusive.

You know what that means,
Julian?

You're a free man.

I wanted to come here
and tell you myself.

Thought I owed you that.

The warden has
your release papers.

Nice to see you again.

You take care of yourself,
Julian.

Yeah. Thank you.

Dramatic music

Hey. Give me the ball.

Johnny. Johnny.

My sink's clogged again. Johnny?

Maryanne.

Maryanne. Damn it.

What is it, Margaret?

My sink's clogged.
I need Johnny's help.

Well, can't Mr. Breen do it?

Isn't it his job?

Johnny's better at it.

No, you get it!

Could you please
help Mrs. Davis?

Johnny?

Okay, Ma.

Somber music

- Who's there?
- Mama?

- Who?
- It's...

It's John.
It's... Johnny, Mama.

My-my Johnny's in prison.

Hey... Hey, hey, Ma,
can you just open the door?

Please?

Oh, the Calico King

With the big nose rings

Found love with the dusty maid

And in

Johnny?

Hey, Mama.

I'm... I'm a mess.

My makeup, my nails...

The trailer... f*cking sh*t.

It's not so bad.

If I'd have known
you were coming,

I-I would have...
I would have cleaned up.

It's okay, Mama.

I'm home.

I don't have any food for you.

- I'm not hungry.
- I'm sorry.

I missed you, Ma.

Tense music

Oh, the Calico King
with the big nose rings

Fell in love with the dusty maid

And in the night,
in the pale moonlight

It sounded like this to me

dramatic music

Good boy, Johnny.

Good boy.

Hi, Mom.

That's my son.

Hi. Hi.

- Johnny.
- Hello, Johnny.

- Hi.
- My name is Olga.

Hi, Olga. Is that
your car out there?

Hey, can you smile for me?

- What?
- A big smile.

Open your mouth.

- What?
- Open your mouth.

- Wider.
- Okay.

Il et charmant, ton fils.

Merci.

- Yes.
- Yes?

I will wait in the car.

What did you do, Ma?

You're gonna go to Hollywood,

and you're gonna be a big star.

Who is that, Ma?

I'm-I'm so sorry.

- How much money is that, Mom?
- You have to go now.

Mom...

You need to get the f*ck
out of here now!

- Mom...
- Go!

- No, I was just...
- Come here, man.

I wanted to get a look
at his tag.

I thought he was lost.

Yeah, he's not lost.
That's my dog. Rufus!

Rufus, let's go.

Come on.

I think he wants to be
with me now.

- He made a friend.
- I don't know.

- He liked my muffin.
- Yeah?

You want to go home, big boy?

Hmm? You want to go home? Wow.

- You can sit with me.
- Yeah?

If I sit here,

if I sit on your feet like that,
would you feed me?

Uh...

Come on.

k*ller Norman Bates

My producer slam,
my flow is like bam

Jump on stage
and then I dip down

I like the way you talk

- Ooh, baby, I like it raw...
- Hey, ça va?

Hi.

Yeah, baby, I like it raw

Ooh, baby, I like it raw

Yeah, baby, I like it raw

Ooh, baby, I like it raw

Hi.

Lorenzo.

Johnny!

Come on.

Il tuo nuovo amico.

This is Lorenzo.

He'll take care of you tonight.

The queen makes all of us
learn a language.

Take it.

Better than sucking d*ck
on Santa Monica Boulevard,

all right?

What's your name?

Johnny.

I'm Isabelle.
I'm Olga's niece.

She's the queen.
Which makes me a princess.

And do you know what that means?

No.

It means that one day
you're going to belong to me.

Isabelle,

laisse le garçon tranquille.

Johnny, come on.

Put these on.

J'attends le beau Julian

I don't understand.

You will.

Not only will you understand it,

you'll speak it, Julian.

Who... Who's Julian?

You are, Johnny.

You are.

Suspenseful music

Get Gail
another sidecar, please.

Just split the cognac 50/50
Hennessy and Camus

and just a little bit of sugar
on the rim of the glass.

Thank you.

- Okay, tell me.
- Okay.

- So I got that dress.
- Mm-hmm.

I let the staff go,
then I just opened my heart.

I just went for it.
I just shared.

But, Julian, after 60 seconds
his eyes just glazed over.

- Ah...
- He doesn't see me anymore.

- You can't just...
- But I want you to know

that I accept it now.

I'm tired.

Did you get rid of the pictures
in the bedroom?

Gail? Aw, Gail, you cannot have
pictures of kids in the bedroom.

You just can't have that.

- How about the TV?
- The TV's still there.

Come on, just get rid
of that sh*t.

Just get rid of all of it.

What if we were
upstairs right now,

and all of a sudden
I just took the clicker

and flipped on Wolf Blitzer?

You'd send me packing,
wouldn't you?

Yes, I would.

As you should.

Mm.

- She's very beautiful.
- I'm sorry, Gail.

No, don't be sorry.
Don't be silly.

- I don't...
- She's...

She's looking at you, too.

I hate that
you're going through this,

and I hate that he doesn't see
what's in front of him.

You're magic, Gail.

You're magic and...
I don't know.

- Just take the night off. Yeah?
- Okay. Yeah, thank you.

Gail, who's that guy?
The guy that she's with.

I feel like I know him
from somewhere.

I just can't...

His name is, uh, Stratton.

The tech guy.

- Yeah, big tech guy.
- Big tech guy.

- I've met him a few times.
- Yeah?

I don't like him very much.

- I don't like him, either.
- And that's his wife.

- I have an idea.
- Yeah?

Why don't we go over there,

and then I introduce you
as an environmental

venture capitalist.

I met you in Idaho
at one of those conferences,

and we could tell him that
I'm funding your projects.

Don't you think
that would be fun?

I don't know, I don't know
if they can have any fun.

Look at them. It looks like
they're asleep over there.

Gail, I'm just, uh...

I'm gonna go see about
your sidecar, okay?

- Okay.
- Taking too long.

Okay.

...using Intel chips

iTunes has sold
over a billion songs.

YouTube. YouTube is going...

- Excuse me?
- Of course.

The way we get
our information...

Here you go, sir.

La la la la la la

I need ooh la la la la

I need la la la la la la

I need ooh la la la la...

Coil up...

Yeah, I could tell. Right.

Are you staying at the hotel?

Yeah, I am.

Want to dance?

Yeah, I remember that.

You came, huh?

Hi, Mrs. Stratton.

- Hi.
- Hi.

It's good to see you again.

- You, too.
- Yeah.

I was looking at you
in-in there.

- I saw.
- Yeah. I kind of...

- I think I saw you first.
- Mm, mm, mm.

Can I ask you something?

You can ask me anything.

What are you doing
with that woman?

I don't know.

I guess whatever she wants.

- Whatever she wants?
- That's right.

Right now I'm an environmental
venture capitalist.

She met me at a conference
in Idaho.

- Wow!
- Yeah.

Later I'm sure I'll have to be,
uh, be something else.

- Later...
- Mm?

...with her
or with someone else?

Can I ask you something?

Yes.

Are you happy with him?

- Sometimes.
- Sometimes.

Are you?

Happy?

Mm...

We better get back to 'em.

- Right.
- I'm glad you came.

I wanted to.

What's your name?

My name's Johnny.

Ooh la la la la

ambient music

Colin.

This doesn't have to happen.

Oh, baby, she's your teacher.

Oh, my God. Okay.
Stop telling me that!

I don't care. I-I don't...

I-I don't care how old she is.
It doesn't f*cking matter.

- I know how hard this is.
- Don't.

If he hurts her I'll k*ll him.

No, no. Don't say that.

- Don't say that.
- I will f*cking k*ll him.

Now please get out of my room.

You don't have any kids.

No.

You talk to your husband today?

How long you been
teaching at the school?

This was my second year.

I don't know how this happened.

I've never fallen in love
with a student before.

Has she signed the NDA?

She's gonna.

I didn't mean for
any of this to happen.

Is she moving out of state?

She's moving out of state.

Julian!

Julian friggin' Kaye.

- Lorenzo!
- You're late, as usual.

- I'll meet you downstairs.
- All right.

Duh-da-daa

Aw...

- Man, what did you do?
- What did I do?

You mean this.

This! This right here?

Man. Man...

Come on. Well?

It's good to see you.

A handshake?

Broth... Come here, man.

Oh, my God.

- So thin.
- It's that prison food, man.

- Mm-hmm.
- And you got fat.

Well, it's that non-prison food,
m*therf*cker.

Talk to me, man.

I kept it waxed,

washed, tuned up.

Because I always believed
in you, J.

I always believed
you'd be back to get it, so...

Thanks, Ren.

Thank you for everything,
you know.

The books and the money and...
You were with me in there.

You don't know, man,
for all these guys in there,

it's like they disappeared,
but not me.

'Cause you remembered me.

Hey, you're my brother, right?

You know that you're

- my only brother.
- I do.

You would do the same for me.

- Right?
- Yes, I would.

- Right?
- Heck yeah.

Now, enough of this sappy sh*t.

- You want to go for a ride?
- She runs?

- You drive.
- Oh.

Okay, then.

Oh.

- I remember that. Phew.
- Yeah, right?

Man.

Off a tab, rah

I'm coastin'

Coastin'

And I didn't take half,
I took the whole thing

Escaping

The machine

Life hard work 'cause we all
stuck in the machine...

You know, business
has been good.

- We got more quantity going.
- Stuck in the machine...

Maybe less quality, but f*ck it.

It's not like we're
offering them a warranty.

You still out there?
You see clients?

No. Just manage.

But if somebody wants
that big d*ck,

then I've got a white boy with
a cock even bigger than mine.

So what you gonna do, Julian?

I have no idea.

You're not thinking
about going back to us.

Definitely not.

I'll tell you what.
Stay with me.

You stay with me until
you get your sh*t together.

Thanks, Ren.
I appreciate that.

Nah, nah, I got you.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

- I got some business to tend to.
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.

All right.

What can I get you?

Uh, any-any...

Anything is fine.

Take your time.
I can come back.

Thank you.

Heya.

Hello, lil' lady.

- Thank you.
- Hello.

- Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I have to close my eyes.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

From your gut.
From your gut.

- Thank you very much.
- Heya, heya.

Heya. Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

Ooh. Ooh!

That one was kind of good.

Ooh, I like it. I like it.

That one was kind of good.
Selling yourself short, sh*t.

Thank you very much.

Who's thanking who?

- Can I ask you something?
- Yeah.

You can ask me anything
you want.

Oh.

What?

Is this who you are
when you're working?

Oh, no, no.

When I'm with my husband,

and he touches me...

It's...

...it's like...

I just close my eyes

and pretend I'm someplace else.

Yeah.

Is-is that what it's like
for you?

Do I-I go to some other place?

No. I mean...

...where am I gonna go, right?

Since I was a kid, I could
always just be this other guy.

You know, this guy
who isn't scared.

He can... He can take anything.

You can't hurt him.

I don't know, I just...

I put on the clothes,
I put on the shoes...

...and I can just be him.

And he does what he's gotta do.

I jump in the water
and I wash him off,

and then I get to be me.

This is me.

I don't want you to doubt that.

How about from now on
we don't do anything

that we have to wash away?

What if we just do things
we want to remember?

Hmm?

I'd like that.

- You would?
- Yeah.

- Me, too.
- Yeah.

I like you.

Contemplative music

Get you set up.

- Hey, Ren?
- Hmm?

You know, I thought I did it.

Did what?

Thought I k*lled that girl.

Why'd you say that?

I've done things.

Like what?

I've hurt people.

J... you ain't hurt nobody.

Since I was a little boy,

all I wanted to do was...

I wanted to, uh, be liked
by the other kids, you know?

But they all knew what I was
doing to pay the rent.

Everybody knew.

So, this kid Derek, he's, uh...

was the worst.

And one day

I just vanished.

Haunting music

And I heard all the-the,
the screaming,

and I looked around...

...and there was a rock
in my hand,

and, uh, it had pieces
of Derek's head on it.

Well... I saw that boy
laying there.

He's bleeding out,
you know, trying to breathe.

And, uh...

You know, I don't remember
hitting him.

I don't remember what
that felt like, you know,

what that looked like.

But I know I did it.

J, I know you. Okay?

You didn't do it.

You did not f*ckin' do it.

You be good.

Hey, I got him, man.

Kevin Finnegan.

Kevin Finnegan,
wake the f*ck up.

Wake the f*ck up!

Detective Sunday.

I'm here to talk to you
about Janet Holmes.

The m*rder you did
on Grand View.

Remember?

Grand View, 2006?

I...

k*lled...

her.

Yeah, I know you k*lled her,
you f*ckin' prick.

Who hired you?

Who hired you, Finnegan?
Come on.

k*ll... me.

"k*ll me."

Hurts that bad, huh?

How about I take that pillow

and I suffocate the life
out of you?

Not a problem for me, buddy.

First you gotta tell me
who hired you.

Come on, Kevin, who hired you?

K-k-kee...

What the f*ck is that?

K... Keen.

Kevin, that's all you got? Keen?

I hope your death is
long and painful,

you f*ckin' prick.

You know what
that means. They're together.

I thought you had a tracker
on the teacher.

Why are we having to look for
the teacher all the time?

I need you to find out
wherever the hell she is.

That's where Colin is.

Find them, separate them
and bring him back home.

Don't f*cking tell me

what these days are not.

Just find them,
and the second you find them,

you call me. Understand?

She keeps her hands off of
Colin, nobody gets hurt.

Hypnotic music

What's wrong?

Uh, he-he ran off.

He... Colin ran off
with the teacher.

You're not sending
that man after him.

Mr. McGregor is very discreet.

- I know what he does.
- No, you don't. You don't know.

I know what he f*cking does!

This is what's happening.

This is how it's being handled.

- Call the police.
- Call the police

- and tell them what?
- Call the police instead.

Tell them what?
That our son just ran away

with a 32-year-old woman?

- So f*cking what?!
- Get the press involved?

You think that's a good idea?

- I'll call them, then.
- Really?

You'll call them
and tell them what?

He'll listen to me.

- He will?
- Yeah.

Last time he listened to you,
the last time he trusted you

was a very long
f*cking time ago, Michelle.

I wanted you to know that

I didn't hurt that girl, Belle.

You were right.

You can't be here.

I know. I... I understand.

I have a son.

Hey. Whoa.

That's-that's beautiful.
That...

- What's his name?
- Colin.

He's in a lot of trouble.

You being here will
only make it worse.

Okay.

Okay.

Johnny...

gentle music

You can't let him see you.

- No!
- Michelle...

Wait, what... what's
the problem? Wait a second.

He'll just do it again.

He'll do it again to all of us.

Stay away.

Ominous music

Hi.

Why don't you have a seat?

- Okay?
- Yeah.

Thank you.

How you doing?

Very good.

I appreciate you
meeting me here.

Listen, I'm curious. You...

You said you talked to that guy.

- Finnegan. Kevin Finnegan.
- Finnegan. Right.

- Yeah, I talked to him.
- Okay. What'd he say?

Well, it was hard to tell
what he was saying.

He was on his deathbed.
He was nearly gone, you know?

I get in there and I said,
"Who hired you?

Who hired you? Who hired you?
I'm talking about this case."

And I don't know what he heard.
I don't know it.

But he started, like,
mumbling stuff.

Didn't make a lot of sense.
Didn't sound like words, either.

But I thought maybe it would
make some sense to you.

- What'd he say?
- He said "Keen."

- Keen?
- Keen.

- The queen?
- No.

But what does that mean to you?

Oh, sh*t.

- Julian?
- Enjoy your lunch.

- Julian...
- Enjoy your lunch.

Aw, f*ck, Julian.

f*ck.

Dramatic music

My name is Olga.

Olga's the queen.

Yes.

The queen.

Come on.

Where you been, Julian?

Working.

Not what I heard.

Stay down! Stay down!

J. What's up, man?

Go ahead.

Sit.

I want to see the queen.

Why?

I think I want
to go back to work again.

You want to see Olga,

and you want to
get back to work, now?

Hey... Why not?

- Why not?
- Yeah.

f*ckin' Julian Kaye.

Getting the band
back together again.

Boy!

- Okay.
- Yeah.

Let's go.

I'll drive.

Somber piano music

Color me your color, baby

Color me your car

Color me

Your color, darling

I know who you are

Come up off your color chart

I know where you're coming from

Call me

On the line

- You good?
- Call me

- Call me any
-I'm good.

Anytime

Call me

On the line

You can call me

Any day or night

Call me

All right, you wait here, J.

Cover me with kisses, babe

Cover me with love

Roll me in designer...

Go. Go.

Why?
What happened to you? Go where?

They... will...

k*ll... you...

Hello, Julian.
Remember me?

Isabelle.

You do. That's sweet.

What happened to her?

Follow me.

The first hedonist... come here...

Epicurus, never had sex.

He thought satisfaction came
more from

the absence of pain...

than the presence of pleasure.
Turn around.

The other way.

Intriguing music

Did you know I was
in love with you

when I was a little girl?

Take off your jacket.

Nice.

Your shirt.

Your pants.

I said take off your pants.

No.

I thought you wanted to work.

Get to work, Julian.

Tonight you're with me.

Come on...

take off your pants.

What's the matter,
you get f*cked too much

in the ass in jail
you don't remember

how to f*ck a lady?

Julian f*cking Kaye, come on,

take off your pants.

Mm.

Julian, where are you?
Come on! Hey!

Come on! Come on.

Come on! Yes. Finally.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Now show me what you can do.

Once I had a love
and it was a gas

Soon turned out
had a heart of glass

Seemed like the real thing
only to find

Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind

Once I had a love,
and it was divine

Soon found out
I was losing my mind

Seemed like the real thing
but I was so blind

Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind

In between
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